# Keeping NPC morale up

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [January 19, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446 "2019-01-19T04:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![hydroplatypus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/hydroplatypus/32/4070_2.png) [@hydroplatypus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hydroplatypus)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/1 "2019-01-19T04:04:09Z")

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Finally ran into an NPC willing to travel with me. Have her equipped and everything, but when I examine her stats, she’s typically unhappy. For the moment I have NPC needs turned off, so I cannot rely on food/drink to raise mood (If there is a way please let me know). And reading morale boost goes away really quickly, so isn’t super viable. Is there a reliably way to raise NPC morale? Alternatively, is there a way to turn NPC needs back on without breaking the world due to removing a mod?

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/2 "2019-01-19T15:44:39Z")

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Read a book together that brings up morale?

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/3 "2019-01-19T19:37:31Z")

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> [@hydroplatypus](#):
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> is there a way to turn NPC needs back on without breaking the world due to removing a mod?

Back up your save and give it a try. The No NPC Needs mod shouldn’t add any items or recipes or anything, so nothing should be missing. It ought to just cause the NPC’s needs to start working again.

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**Author:** ![Fris0uman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fris0uman/32/8607_2.png) [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/4 "2019-02-03T22:46:59Z")

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How do see NPC morale ?

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**Author:** ![Invalid\_Username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/5 "2019-02-04T03:34:39Z")

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On the @ page for any particular character, it’s usually under the 'Effects" tab, where it will show you Happy/Unhappy/etc.

OP, does your NPC have the Bad-Tempered trait? I put that on my last survivor and, let me tell you, that permanent -10 morale was a real bitcharoony-doony to deal with.

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**Author:** ![dissociativity](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dissociativity/32/4967_2.png) [@dissociativity](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dissociativity)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/6 "2019-02-04T04:17:08Z")

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At some point we need playing musical instruments make NPC’s morale go up around you within a radius dependent on the sound volume.

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**Author:** ![Fris0uman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fris0uman/32/8607_2.png) [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-npc-morale-up/18446/7 "2019-02-04T08:34:14Z")

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Ok you can sees the effects they are under but you don’t have as much info as with the (`V`)morale menu on your character.